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Figure 1
Cumulative number of copyright-related Acts, 1921 – 2005.
Graph shows a dramatic increase over time, from 1 in 1921, to 40 in 2005.
Author is using graph to illustrate less than 2 percent of the current Copyright Act is derived, unaltered, from the act of 1921.
Figure 2
Cumulative number of Copyright Act sections amended, added, or repealed, 1921 – 2005
Graph illustrates the scope of the amendments to the Act has increased dramatically from 50 in 1921 to over 350 in 2005.
Figure 3
Temporal graphic with the copyright symbol in the center. Two arrows point out - one toward the future, the other toward the past.
The author uses this illustration to show that the copyright act as it exists today, has an impact on how we use our collective past.
The graphic is used to show that the Copyright Act will continue to have an impact on how we use our collective past, into the future.
Figure 4
Graph which shows the Copyright Act discrepancy between published and unpublished works by authors.
Graph has the death date of author along top, and copyright expiration date along the bottom.
Inside the graph, the author shows published and unpublished works and accompanying visual illustrates the discrepancy.
